高二英语第一单元课件

The USA is a very young country in the world, With only a history of 200~300 years. The head office of the UN was set up in this country. Two World Wars didn’t take place there. Now the USA is the strongest and richest country of the world.
5. What’s the topic of this text?




A. the culture of California B. the history of California C. the weather of California D. the history of USA
Task5
4. Which flag is Am
5.Do you know any information
about the American flag?
50 stars —Each star represents Red — one state
courage
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A building in Chinatown, San Francisco—Many Chinese have settled in California and many of them live in Chinatown in San Francisco.
Task4
Multiple choice
1.What is the main reason why Chinese immigrants came to California?
A.For gold B.For the building of the railway
C.To live in the Chinatown D.To open restaurants
Canada
Seattle
San Francisco Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Mexico Hawaii
Boston Detroit New York Philadelphia Chicago Washington, D.C Atlanta Houston New Orieans Atlantic Ocean Miami
Blue — loyalty and justice
White —
freedom
13 stripes —— the original 13 states.
Star-Spangled Banner
The White House
The crowned lady is 46 meters high, with a torch in her right hand ,holding the Declaration of Independence in her left hand.
Italians mainly fishermen but In the _________, 19th also wine makers arrived in late___ century California. Denmark In the ◆People from______established first their own town in California. decades ◆ Europeans arrived in of the California because of the industry boom, including 20th film_______ century many _______ Jewish people. ◆ Japanese farmers arrived in California.
3.How did California become a state of America?
A.Mexico gained independence from
Spain. B.Mexico lost the America-Mexico war and then gave it to the USA. C.Spain lost the Spain-America war. D.Spain gave it to the USA as a gift.
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Native American Indian— one of the first people to live in California.
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A gold miner—the discovery of gold in California created a gold rush which brought people from all over the world to California.
1846 The USA declared war on In ____ Mexico.
In 1848
South Americans, people from the United States and adventurers from Europe _______and ______ Asia came to gold . California searching for____
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Task1
Ⅰ.Some information about the USA
1.Who′d like to tell us some information about America?
The United States of America is composed of a federal district Washington DC and 50 states. All the states except for Hawaii islands are situated in mainland America. It has a population of about 2,900 million. Its area is 9,370,000 sq km. The climate of USA is mainly temperate( 温带的) in nature but in Hawaii and Florida, it is tropical(热带的）.
Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
Historical Historical events periods At least _______ 15,000 _______ years ago It’s likely that Native Americans crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America.
Spanish In the ◆ _______ soldiers _______first arrived early in South America. 16th ◆ Most of the first Spanish to century go to California were_______ religious _______, whose ministry was men to teach the _______ Catholic religion to the natives.
Task2 pre-reading
Which state is it?
It has an area of 411,ooo square kilometers. And it is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population, with the most developed economy.
groups.
ⅡFill in the blanks according to the map 1.Ocean on the east coast Atlantic Ocean _________________ 2.Ocean on the west cost __________________ Pacific Ocean 3.Country to the north of USA Canada __________________ 4.Country to the south of USA Mexico ________________ 5.Mountain range in the west Rocky Mountains ______________________ 6.Longest river in the USA : River Mississippi ____________________
In the early _____ 1800s
◆ Russian hunters, who had
originally gone to Alaska, began settling in California. ◆ People from Africa lived in California.
In 1821 California became part Mexico of_______.
2. Who is president of America now?
A. Obama
B. Gordon Brown
C. Putin
3. Which city is the capital of the USA? A. New York
B. Washington D.C